Shuklakurukulla, 艢耻办濒补办耻谤耻办耻濒濒腻, Shukla-kurukulla: 1 definition
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The Sanskrit term 艢耻办濒补办耻谤耻办耻濒濒腻 can be transliterated into English as Suklakurukulla or Shuklakurukulla, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).
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Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
: archive.org: The Indian Buddhist Iconography艢耻办濒补办耻谤耻办耻濒濒腻 (啶多啶曕啶侧啷佮ぐ啷佮啷佮げ啷嵿げ啶�) refers to one of the names of 碍耻谤耻办耻濒濒腻: one of the various (female) emanations of 础尘颈迟腻产丑补 having their S膩dhana described in the 5th-century S膩dhanam膩l膩 (a collection of s膩dhana texts that contain detailed instructions for rituals).鈥擧er Colour is white; her Symbols are the rosary and the bowl of lotus; her V膩hana is the animal; hert 膧sana is the 惫补箩谤补辫补谤测补峁卥补.
The Dhy膩na (meditation instructions) of Sapta艣atika described in the S膩dhanam膩l膩 as follows:
鈥淭he worshipper should think himself as the goddess (碍耻谤耻办耻濒濒腻), who carries the rosary and the cup of utpala full of nectar in the right and left hands respectively. She is three-eyed and is offered bathing water by (the Bodhisattvas) Padmap膩峁噄 and others, by all the Tath膩gatas and the sixteen damsels beginning with V墨峁嚹�. She wears the 箩补峁乵耻办耻峁璦 which is decorated with various flowers and the miniature figure of 础尘颈迟腻产丑补. She displays the sentiment of passion-ate love, and other sentiments, and turns slightly to have a look at the rosary which she carries in her leaf-like hand. She sits on an animal and rests on the nectar-like lap of the white lotus, that rises from the ocean of milk.
She is decked in bracelets, armlets, ear-rings, anklets, pearl-necklace, and is clad in celestial garments. Her hair is tied up by the serpent Ananta of blue colour, her necklace is formed by the milk-coloured V膩suk墨, and her prominent ear-ornament (办耻峁囜笉补濒补) by red Tak峁ka, her sacred thread is the green Karkko峁璦ka, her girdle is the white Padma the lord of serpents, her 苍奴辫耻谤补 (anklet) is the serpent Mah膩padma of the colour of the lotus stalk, her bracelet is the yellow 艢a峁卥hap膩la, her armlet is Kulika of the colour of smoky clouds. She is white in colour, and seems to diffuse nectar. She possesses a heart which is melting with compassion鈥�
This lengthy description is sufficient to give one a vivid picture of the form of 艢ukla-碍耻谤耻办耻濒濒腻, which has many features in common with the other varieties.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha鈥檚 words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (惫补箩谤补测腻苍补) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Shukla, Kurukulla.
Full-text: Hevajrakrama, Kalpokta, Hevajrakramakurukulla, Kalpoktakurukulla, Kurukulla.
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